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A case report of quadriplegia and acute stroke from tracking retropharyngeal and epidural abscess complicated by necrotizing fasciitis

A 59‐year‐old male presented to the emergency department complaining of severe posterior neck pain and progressive extremity weakness for 2 weeks. He was found to be quadriplegic with complete sensory and motor deficits at the C5 level and hypotensive. Diagnostic imaging revealed discitis/osteomyeli...

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Autores principales: Richardson, Christopher, Wattenbarger, Sara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8328886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34378001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12524